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The phrase "and required a negative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is dependent on or necessitates a negative response or condition.
Example: "The experiment yielded unexpected results and required a negative control to validate the findings."
Alternatives: "and necessitated a negative" or "and demanded a negative".
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Women of childbearing potential were required to use hormonal and barrier contraception during, and for 1 month after, the treatment period, and required a negative pregnancy test at screening and baseline.
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Most probes showed a relatively small range of slopes (m; 50% between 1 and 2) and required a small negative offset (b > 0), suggesting that microarray intensity can be used as a rough approximation for absolute expression levels after adjusting for background, but that the relationship is not identical from probe to probe.
The correct responses for the 15 items were a positive response for all items except "paper mask" and "gauze mask," which required a negative response.
Achievement of a complete response required a negative endoscopy and biopsy and CT scan without evidence of disease progression or recurrence.
CR required a negative immunofixation in serum and urine.
Female participants of childbearing potential required a negative urine pregnancy test for the scan to proceed.
Many states (and even counties) will require a negative Coggins test and brand inspection before allowing you to cross their border.
Reinhardt and colleagues[ 5 ] did not require a negative abdominal imaging study prior to surgery.
In that case, to persuade people to spend enough now may require a negative real interest rate, and with downwardly inflexible prices that may not be possible.
Former decisions here require a negative answer.
Recent studies have suggested that the generation of these Ca2+ oscillations requires a negative feedback that involves the activation of conventional protein kinase C (cPKC).
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